In a recent note, Ed Finnell said:
> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 12:20:22 EDT
>
> In a message dated 8/9/2005 8:28:00 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> There should be no need for a nicely timed CUT in nor for pre/post
> libraries. The parameter itself should be algorithmic:
> >>
> Therein lies the rub. The PARMs fields are not executed. They're
> READ. They specify when it starts and when it ends.
>
It seems to me that a mere READ is insufficient to deal with even
that sort of specification; something must be executed or interpreted;
along the lines of:
if today's_date < start_date
Standard Time
else if today's date < end_date
DST
else
Standard Time
endif
(I suppose Shane would insist on some embellishment.) Adding
ranges of years to the current range of date logic is a
change in degree of complexity, not a fundamental change
in character, as from READ to execute.
-- gil
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